Houston Texans: Why Not Jay Cutler at Quarterback?

Quarterback Jay Cutler has a bad stigma about him due to his apparent lackadaisical approach, but should the Houston Texans consider him despite that?

The Houston Texans need a quarterback. They’ve rid themselves of Brock Osweiler, but now face a Tom Savage reality. Or they could look elsewhere. So let’s take a look at a few career statistics real quick for comparison’s sake.

Quarterback A has two career starts, completed 60.9 percent of his passes for 588 yards. He also has zero touchdowns and one interception with a record of 1-1. Quarterback B has 25 career starts with a completion percentage of 57.9. He has thrown for 6,462 yards with 31 touchdowns and 30 interceptions. His record as a starter is 6-19.

Then there’s Quarterback C who has 139 career starts and has completed 61.9 percent of his passes for 32,467 yards. He has thrown 208 touchdowns to 146 interceptions and has a record of 68-71 in his career as a starter.

Sure, the records for none of these quarterbacks are incredibly impressive, but wouldn’t it make more sense to go for the guy with the most experience, yards and best completion percentage? Not to mention the one with the best career touchdown-to-interception ratio?

It would until the names are attached. While Quarterback A is Tom Savage and B is Brandon Weeden, Quarterback C’s stats belong to Jay Cutler, recently released by the Chicago Bears. Cutler seems toxic as no one wants to touch him, despite him being just 33 years old and still having a cannon for an arm.

In Houston, the alternatives are either Savage or Weeden. Or they could wait for the Dallas Cowboys to finally cut Tony Romo. But at 37 years old and with a long injury history, how wise is that move really?

Cutler and Romo are both stop-gap solutions; that’s not debatable. Cutler is available, though, whereas Dallas wants to try and get something in return for Romo. Doing so would break the Texans bank as his contract would also be included. With no interest at all surrounding Cutler, he may be had for much less than Romo without having to give up anything in return.

So, why not Cutler? The Texans were able to win with Ryan Fitzpatrick, Brian Hoyer and even Brock Osweiler at quarterback. No one can really believe that Cutler is less talented than any of those guys.

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The only reason against it has to be his lack of leadership ability, but isn’t that the same knock Romo had on him for years in Dallas? Cutler is more accurate than Osweiler, more experienced than Savage or Weeden and younger than Romo. It makes sense to at least kick the tires.

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